Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Supersonic aircraft turbofan
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Application No.: US16448214Application Date: 2019-06-21
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Publication No.: US11378017B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Rory D Stieger , Conor Hickey
- Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: GB1811852 20180720
- Main IPC: F02C9/20
- IPC: F02C9/20 ; B64D31/06 ; B64D33/02 ; B64D33/04 ; F02C9/54 ; F02K3/06

Abstract:
A turbofan engine has an engine core including in flow series a compressor, a combustor and a turbine. The engine further has a fan located upstream of the engine core, has a supersonic intake for slowing down incoming air to subsonic velocities at an inlet to the fan formed by the intake, has a bypass duct surrounding the engine core, wherein the fan generates a core airflow to the engine core and a bypass airflow through the bypass duct, and has a mixer for mixing an exhaust gas flow exiting the engine core and bypass airflow exiting bypass duct. The engine further has a thrust nozzle rearwards of the mixer for discharging mixed flows, the thrust nozzle having a variable area throat. The engine further has a controller controlling the thrust produced by the engine over a range of flight operations including on-the-ground subsonic take-off and subsequent off-the-ground subsonic climb.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200025109A1 SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT TURBOFAN Public/Granted day:2020-01-23
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